ColorCodePurple Posted June 2, 2011 Report Share Posted June 2, 2011 For years, Microsoft has been expanding the Xbox 360's capacities beyond gaming. Since the platform launched in 2005, the company has added a video and music store, Netflix and Hulu Plus streaming, as well as support for social networks like Facebook and Twitter. Most recently, the company brought high-definition ESPN events to the service, as well as improved video chat via the Kinect motion-sensing system. Some 53 million Xbox 360s have been sold worldwide since 2005. Now, Microsoft is touting how its efforts to make the Xbox 360 more than just another console have paid off. According to a blog post by corporate vice president of corporate communications Frank Shaw, some 40 percent of all Xbox activity is not related to gaming. The top non-game use for the console appears to be video, with an average of 30 hours of "video consumption" per month by each Xbox 360 user. That number is more impressive when one considers the size of the entire Xbox 360 user base. Shaw also revealed that some 53 million units of the console have been sold to date, thanks to brisk sales over the past year. According to figures from the NPD group, the platform was once again the top-selling home console in the US during April, when it sold 297,000 units domestically. As of last month, the Xbox 360 topped the PlayStation 3 and Wii during 11 of the prior 12 months in US sales. Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spindoctor Posted June 2, 2011 Report Share Posted June 2, 2011 40% of Xbox 360 activity non-game obviously, what are they going to play anyway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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godspeed4476 Posted June 2, 2011 Report Share Posted June 2, 2011 obviously, what are they going to play anyway? hey atleast the problem for 360 may be what to play online , but some other users have problem of where to play * commences troll war* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
playstation Posted June 2, 2011 Report Share Posted June 2, 2011 obviously, what are they going to play anyway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keano Posted June 2, 2011 Report Share Posted June 2, 2011 hey atleast the problem for 360 may be what to play online , but some other users have problem of where to play * commences troll war* obviously, what are they going to play anyway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeehunter Posted June 2, 2011 Report Share Posted June 2, 2011 Games sell more on Xbox 360 than PS3 . Even LA Noire and Portal 2 sold more on Xbox 360 53 million sold Sony just shipped 50 million PS3s to retailers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Assassin Posted June 2, 2011 Report Share Posted June 2, 2011 This data is regarding the usage in America & not the entire world. In the US,Netflix access from consoles is accounting for 29.7 % of all the internet traffic more than even BitTorrent & Youtube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarbonCore Posted June 2, 2011 Report Share Posted June 2, 2011 This data is regarding the usage in America & not the entire world. For bots, America = world. Helps them sleep at night And its not surprising since Live lets you do way more than just playing MP. Heck I stopped playing games on Live long time ago, but still spend time watching videos and previews/trailers (streaming ftw) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jigsaw Posted June 2, 2011 Report Share Posted June 2, 2011 I log into live just for the weekly deals.... Never mp... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spindoctor Posted June 2, 2011 Report Share Posted June 2, 2011 I log into live just for the weekly deals.... Never mp... just use an rss feed or twitter to get that info and never log in to live again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
praveer Posted June 2, 2011 Report Share Posted June 2, 2011 53 million sold Sony just shipped 50 million PS3s to retailers Now where did you get that? Every figure released by the company is shipping figure...so its 53 million shipped for Xbox 360 as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karooo Posted June 2, 2011 Report Share Posted June 2, 2011 Now where did you get that? Every figure released by the company is shipping figure...so its 53 million shipped for Xbox 360 as well. He just had to say something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jigsaw Posted June 2, 2011 Report Share Posted June 2, 2011 For all the flame-war-hungry PSf**s : XBL is better, safer and more Stable.... B3LI3V3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeehunter Posted June 2, 2011 Report Share Posted June 2, 2011 Now where did you get that? Every figure released by the company is shipping figure...so its 53 million shipped for Xbox 360 as well. Still 3 million Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikushimi Posted June 2, 2011 Report Share Posted June 2, 2011 Still 3 million xbox was released a year earlier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
achilles Posted June 2, 2011 Report Share Posted June 2, 2011 Yea I wish we'd have Netflix here, or there was some way to use it properly. I'd happily pay for it. The service is amazing. Using NXE or whatever the latest one's called is also a much better experience than XMB, even with my short tryst with a 360. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
praveer Posted June 2, 2011 Report Share Posted June 2, 2011 Still 3 million Can you please deliver this to MS for me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeehunter Posted June 2, 2011 Report Share Posted June 2, 2011 Yes . But u will have to pay travelling costs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedy Posted June 3, 2011 Report Share Posted June 3, 2011 xbox was released a year earlier last resort for ps fanboys. yeah to wohi misal hue " jab aurat ke paas kuch nahi hota ladne ke liye to woh rona chalu karti hai" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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